Duplicate Race Machines

jonesaustin
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Edited Date/Time 5/23/2015 3:48pm
why don't factories offer a duplicate copy of each rider's bike, in the event there's a malfunction before or even during an event? is there an AMA rule forbidding it?
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SouthwestMfg 5/23/2015 2:34pm
5/23/2015 2:34pm
Used to be as long as you could run more than one bike through tech. They put a band (zip-tie like) on the bike. You could tech an extra bike, we would do that if it was major muddy, you could get some track time on a practice bike and not have muck up the race bike. Factories might do it to run two different machines and decide after practice.
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jonesaustin 5/23/2015 2:42pm
5/23/2015 2:42pm
just seems if one breaks down, they could quickly jump on the alternate
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pete24 5/23/2015 3:07pm
5/23/2015 3:07pm
one bike goes threw tech and u use it all day , you can change frames or motors but not whole bikes, and u have to go tell the offical when you change one or the other, ive switched a few between motos at southwick most of them finished!

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Allracing 5/23/2015 3:48pm
5/23/2015 3:48pm
One of the reasons for the rule is for it to be fair for privateers that can only afford to have one race bike there.

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